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U.S. NEWS Monday 7 october 2019

Police look for 2 men in Kansas

bar shooting that killed 4

By HEATHER HOLLING- The gunfire sent people However, Juan Ramirez, of
SWORTH running for the exits, with Kansas City, Kansas, told
Associated Press the injured leaving trails of The Kansas City Star that
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — blood as they fled. One of his 29-year-old nephew
Two men opened fire in- the injured was trying to get was among those killed.
side a bar in Kansas City, a ride to the hospital when He said his nephew left be-
Kansas, early Sunday, killing ambulances arrived. hind a 6-year-old son and a
four people and wound- “It’s a pretty small bar, so if 4-year-old daughter.
ing five others in a shooting you have two guys come “I don’t wish this upon any-
believed to have stemmed in and start shooting, peo- body,” Ramirez said.
from an earlier dispute, po- ple are just running, run- Bartender Jose Valdez told One of multiple shooting victims is loaded into a coroner’s van
following a shooting at Tequila KC Bar, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019, in
lice said. Authorities were ning anywhere they can,” the newspaper that he had Kansas City, Kan.
searching Sunday for the Tomasic said. All four men refused to serve one of the Associated Press
two gunmen, said Officer who were killed were His- suspects on Saturday night
Thomas Tomasic, a police panic, but Tomasic said because the man had pre-
spokesman. He said the authorities do not believe viously caused problems
two men had apparently the shooting was racially at the bar. Valdez said the
gotten into some sort of motivated. The shooting man threw a cup at him
disagreement with people happened in a neighbor- and left, but returned later
inside Tequila KC Bar, left, hood with a large Hispanic with another man shortly
then returned with hand- population. before closing time.
guns. Police released sur- Tomasic cautioned that The gunfire created smoke
veillance photos of the police were still investi- inside the business, Val-
two suspects Sunday after- gating exactly what hap- dez said, and he thought
noon. pened. He said they were the building was “going to
“We think there was some- reviewing surveillance cave in.”
thing that happened in the video and interviewing wit- Customer Michael Bara-
bar earlier probably,” To- nesses while looking for the jas said he didn’t realize at
masic said. “Unfortunately, gunmen. “Obviously being first that the fast bangs he
they left and decided to a bar at 1:30, stories vary a heard were gunshots. As he
take it to another level, lot,” he said. tried to determine who was
came back and started Among the dead was one shooting, Barajas said he
shooting.” man in his late 50s, another felt a bullet hit his shoulder.
Around 40 people were in his mid-30s and two in “I feel like I should have
inside the small bar when their mid-20s, police said. moved a little quicker
gunfire erupted around Authorities did not immedi- but there was shock,” he
1:30 a.m., Tomasic said. ately release their names. said.q

Homeless man arraigned for

beating deaths in Chinatown

By REBECCA GIBIAN murder and attempted attacks, prosecutors said.
Associated Press murder for the bloody They said Santos was
NEW YORK (AP) — A rampage that happened shown video of one of the
homeless man who used early Saturday in Manhat- attacks while being inter-
a metal rod to bludgeon tan’s Chinatown. He did rogated by police and he
four other homeless men not enter a plea and was acknowledged that he
to death in New York City ordered held without bail. was the person in the vid-
was arrested holding the A fifth homeless man who eo with a long metal ob-
murder weapon covered was injured in the attacks ject. Santos underwent a
with blood and hair and remained hospitalized in psychiatric evaluation af-
admitted that he was the critical condition Sunday. ter his arrest, police said.
person in a video of one The 24-year-old Santos Santos used a Spanish in-
of the attacks, prosecu- was carrying a metal rod terpreter in court. His de-
tors said Sunday. covered with blood and fense team did not com-
Randy Santos was ar- hair when he was arrest- ment. He is due back in
raigned on charges of ed near the scene of the court Oct. 11.q